A nine-year-old Minneapolis boy who stowed away on a Las Vegas-bound flight after running away from home must live separately from his parents, a judge has ruled.

A court hearing was held yesterday following a petition by Hennepin County claiming that the boy has serious behavioral issues and asking for protection or county services to be granted.

As well as temporarily separating the boy from his family, both he and his parents were told they must receive therapy, according to CBS News.

'Good parents': V.J. Smith, right, who appeared alongside the boy's
hooded father at a bizarre press conference last week, claimed to MailOnline that
the boy's mother and father 'did everything good parents do'. But the child has still been temporarily separated from his parents after a court petition was filed

The ruling came as it emerged that the nine-year-old had stolen a truck and crashed it into several cars, including a police car, earlier this month and has a history of running away from home.

In the latest incident, he slipped past security at Minneapolis-St Paul International Airport without a ticket. His stunt was only discovered when a flight he boarded was 40,000ft in the air and Vegas-bound.

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The child's father said that the family had previously tried to get help for the boy, but that their attempts were thwarted by red tape.

According to the six page petition, on one occasion, the boy went missing for two to three days after leaving home in a rage.

On October 1, the boy survived a horrifying crash after he stole and totaled a noodle-delivery truck.

Stowaway: The boy managed to evade security at Minneapolis-St Paul International Airport and board a Las Vegas-bound flight

He smashed it into several cars causing thousands of dollars worth of damage.

He was then uncooperative with police officers, according to the report.

The officers ultimately ‘released him back’ to his mother.

In a bizarre press conference last Thursday, during which the boy's father spoke with a hood obscuring his face, he claimed that his son had thought he was playing video game Grand Theft Auto at the time of the accident.

In the nine-year-old's most recent disappearance, his mother had discovered he was missing on October 2.

But rather than quickly contact authorities, the parents waited until early evening on October 3 to report that their son was missing.

Troubled youth: It has emerged that the boy
stole this truck and crashed it after a short police chase just two days
before his cross-country jaunt

The original police report said they told officers he had only been gone 'for a few hours,' according to law enforcement sources.

When quizzed, the mother, who allegedly told police officers that she doesn’t use ‘physical discipline’ said she wasn’t aware her son had managed to get on a flight to Las Vegas.

A family friend previously told MailOnline that the parents thought they needed to wait for 48 hours before informing authorities that their son had vanished.

He added that they 'thought he must be somewhere'.

The nine-year-old appears to have spent the night in the airport terminal where he is said to have taken a suitcase from a baggage claim and stolen a restaurant lunch.

Troubled history: The nine-year-old had boarded a quiet Delta airlines flight and taken an empty seat

The next day he evaded three security checkpoints and took a free seat on an uncrowded Delta jet bound for Las Vegas.

Once he landed in Las Vegas, the boy was brought into custody, placed in a shelter where, according to the court petition, he became violent.

He became so hostile that at one point, Nevada authorities admitted him to hospital.

The boy’s bad behavior seems to have escalated during a suspension from school ‘for aggressive behavior'. He has been suspended in the past.

The boy was apparently seeing a therapist but hadn't attended sessions since August 13.